Virata

For other uses, see Virata (disambiguation).
Virata

Virata

Virata in his court
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Spouse(s) Sudeshna
Children Uttara, Uttarā, Shveta, Satanika and Shankha

Virata (Sanskrit: विराट, lit. huge) in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, was a king in whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. Virata was married to Queen Sudeshna and was the father of Prince Uttara and Princess Uttarā, who married Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna. Abhimanyu and Uttara's son Parikshit succeeded Yudhishthira to the throne of Hastinapura, after the war of Mahabharata.[1]

He is killed during a Kauravas attack in the Kurukshetra War along with his sons. In other versions he is killed by Drona on the 15th day of the war.

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References

  1. ↑ Dowson, John (1888). A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature. Trubner & Co., London. p. 1.


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